Political and Economic movements in Jharkhand

What is a movement?

Movement means a group of people working together to advance their shared political, social, or artistic ideas." the labour movement”.

In the social sciences, a political movement is a social group that operates together to obtain a political goal,^[1] on a local, regional, national, or international scope. Political movements develop, coordinate,^[2] promulgate,^[3] revise,^[4] amend,^[5] interpret,^[6] and produce materials that are intended to address the goals of the base of the movement.

Some political movements have aimed to change government policy, such as the anti-war movement, the Ecology movement, and the Anti-globalization movement. Many have aimed to establish or broaden the rights of subordinate groups, such as abolitionism, the women's suffrage movement, the Civil rights movement, feminism, men's rights movement, etc.

In Jharkhand, a movement called “Naxalism” led by Left wing thinkers and activists seem to be the only major political movement after creation of Jharkhand.

In the recent years, Globalisation may be treated as economic movement – If we consider this, and then to the best of my knowledge- Microfinance movement through SHG can be placed in this category. Sustainable Development can be considered as another one in the list of economic movements in Jharkhand. I would like to share my thoughts in the above frame work.

Jharkhand case-

Jharkhand is the second largest state inhabited by Tribal in India. They constitute nearly 26.7% of the population. Majority of tribal women do not undertake entrepreneurial ventures. Entrepreneurship is a key to economic development of a country.

Rapid growth of women’s self-employment through SHGs and entrepreneurship confirms that this is an important avenue to improve women’s employability. Fostering women’s self-employment and entrepreneurship was also acknowledged as a policy priority by the regional Beijing +5 meeting 2000.